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Crews for book clubs

Run a book club people keep coming back to

Bookstores, libraries, cafés and dedicated hosts run book clubs that outgrow a group chat fast. Crews gives your club a calendar with capped seats, polls for the next read and threaded discussion, so the logistics take minutes and the conversation is about the book.

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The problem

Where hosted book clubs lose momentum

  • 01

    Seats are limited

    The bookshop fits twenty-five chairs. Without a list you turn people away at the door or stare at empty chairs.

  • 02

    Choosing the next book takes weeks

    Suggestions and counter-suggestions pile up, and the club still hasn’t picked with the meeting three weeks away.

  • 03

    Spoilers for the slow readers

    Fast readers want to talk about the twist on day four. Everyone else mutes the chat, then misses the date change.

  • 04

    Several clubs, no overview

    A store running a fiction club, a crime club and a translated-fiction club has three chats and no single calendar.

How it works

One book, start to finish

A monthly cycle for a bookstore club of around forty members.

  1. 1After the last meeting

    Vote on the next read

    The host posts a poll with three shortlisted books. It closes the argument in a day, and the store knows how many copies to order.

  2. 2Same week

    Schedule the meeting

    The meeting goes on the crew calendar with a capacity of 25. Members RSVP and the host sees exactly who’s coming.

  3. 3Mid-month

    Talk without spoiling

    Discussion goes into threads in the event chat, one per section of the book. The target chapter is a pinned message.

  4. 4Meeting night

    Save the evening

    A photo of the book and the room becomes a memory post. Over time the memory wall becomes a visual reading list of everything the club has read.

Features

what book clubs use most.

Each one links to a full walkthrough of the feature.

Is Crews right for your book club?

Crews fits book clubs with a host or organization behind them: bookstores, libraries, cafés, publishers and dedicated hosts running clubs of twenty to a hundred readers. For a store, a well-run book club brings people through the door every month, which is why $59 a month makes sense.

If you’re eight friends meeting in someone’s living room, honestly, a free group chat is enough and Crews would be overkill. There’s also no reading tracker, book database, video calling or ticketing (ticketed events are on the roadmap, not available yet).

Get started

set it up in 5 minutes.

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  1. Step 1Start your 14-day trial and create a crew for your club, public if anyone can join.
  2. Step 2Post a poll with your shortlist for the next book.
  3. Step 3Add the next meeting with a capacity matching your seats.
  4. Step 4Pin a message with the book and the chapter to reach by the meeting.
  5. Step 5Put the crew link on a shelf card by the till or in your newsletter.

FAQ

good questions.

Something missing? Suggest it on the public roadmap.

How much does Crews cost for a book club?

$59 a month per crew, paid by the host or store. Members join free. Up to 100 members are included, with extra members at $18 a month per 100. 14-day free trial, no card needed.

Isn’t that a lot for a book club?

For a small group of friends, yes, and a free chat app is fine. Crews is aimed at bookstores, libraries and hosts running larger clubs, where filling seats and keeping members engaged is worth the cost.

Can we sell tickets for author events?

Not yet. Ticketed events are on the roadmap, not available yet. You can cap RSVPs with a capacity limit today.

Is there a spoiler tag?

No dedicated spoiler tag. Clubs use threads in the event chat, one per section, so people choose what to open.

start the next chapter.

Set up your book club, post the shortlist poll and put the next meeting on the calendar. 14-day free trial, no card needed.

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